Idiopidae (family)

3 Armoured or Spiny Trapdoor Spider at Penrose, NSW

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Identification history

Arbanitis sp. (genus)	10 Jan 2025	NateKingsford
Idiopidae (family)	4 Oct 2024	NateKingsford
Idiopidae (family)	29 Sep 2024	Aussiegall

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Possibly 2 trapdoor spiders together (mating?)

2 comments

NateKingsford wrote:

4 Oct 2024

There's only 1 spider in this imagine, he's curled up. Although there isn't too much to go off on this photo, you can see the tibial spurs on legs 1. Other angles would be super useful in the future too :). This guy is most likely from the genus Arbanitis, but it's too hard to tell without more photos

Aussiegall wrote:

5 Oct 2024

@NateKingsford Thanks for the info, unfortunately, he was in a corner on the ceiling and I didn't want to annoy him to get him to move, I am not comfortable with the possibility of a large hairy black spider dropping down on me. :-) In the future, I will try to remember to get some other angles if possible.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.211890 -34.681707
Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Penrose, NSW

Sighting information

2 Abundance
26 Sep 2024 04:08 PM Recorded on
Aussiegall Recorded by
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Aussiegall NatureMapr Southern Highlands Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae) Spiders

Species information

Idiopidae (family) Scientific name
Armoured or Spiny Trapdoor Spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 510.69m Recorded at altitude
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